Juraj Šeliga

Juraj Šeliga (born 16 August 1990)[1] is a Slovak polician, activist and lawyer. Since 2020 he has served as a Member of the National Council. From 2020 to 2021 he was the Deputy Speaker of the council.

Juraj Šeliga
Member of the Slovak National Council
Assumed office
20 March 2020
Deputy Speaker of the Slovak National Council
In office
20 March 2020 – 5 May 2021
Serving with Gábor Grendel, Milan Laurenčík and Peter Pellegrini
SpeakerBoris Kollár
Personal details
Born (1990-08-16) 16 August 1990
Dolný Kubín, Czechoslovakia
Political partyFor the People (2019–2023)
Democrats (2023–)
EducationUniversity of Trnava

Early life

Šeliga was born in August 1990 in Dolný Kubín. He studied law at the University of Trnava, where he obtained a PhD degree.[2] As a student he worked as an aide to the MP Pavel Abrhan.[3]

Activism

Šeliga worked with the NGO Via Juris aiming to improve the functioning of judiciary in Slovakia.[4] In 2017 he founded the civic initiative Remember (Pamätaj in Slovak) to oppose the weakening of the National Memory Institute and promote the study of crimes of totalitarian regime.[3][5] Following the March 2018 murder of the journalist Ján Kuciak, he was one of the main organizers of massive anti-government protests where he refused any political ambitions in the future.[6][7]

Political career

In June 2019, Šeliga was one of the co-founder of the new party For the People led by the president Andrej Kiska.[8] From its establishment until March 2023 he was a deputy chairman of the party.[9]

In the 2020 Slovak parliamentary election, he was elected to the National Council.[10] Right after election he was elected a Deputy Speaker of the National Council.[11] In May 2021 he resigned the Deputy Speakership after pictures of him, his fellow MP Jana Žitňanská and the governor of the Bratislava region Juraj Droba spending time together in a restaurant that should have been closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic were published by the tabloid press.[12] Šeliga faced particular criticism of his conduct because he had previously been a staunch defender of the anti-pandemic policies of the government.[13]

In March 2023 Šeliga and Žitňanská left the For the People party.[14] In April they joined the Democrats party of the Prime Minister Eduard Heger.[15]

References
  1. "Poslanci : Zoznam poslancov : Juraj Šeliga, PhD. - Národná rada Slovenskej republiky". www.nrsr.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  2. "Juraj Šeliga: Hľadám ženu, čo vie hrať šach". W PRESS. 30 July 2018. ISSN 1336-653X. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  3. "Šeliga vstupuje do Kiskovej strany: Oboch nás beriem ako umiernených konzervatívcov". N Press. 6 June 2019. ISSN 1339-844X. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  4. "Šeliga: Ako to bolo so Sorosom a protestami, raz a navždy (rozhovor)". Ringier Axel Springer Slovakia. 23 February 2019. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  5. "Zahalili oči sochám a bojujú za ÚPN: Stále nám pripomínajú, že my sme za socializmu nežili" (in Slovak). Denník N. 10 September 2017.
  6. "Šeliga vysvetlil, prečo opustil iniciatívu Za slušné Slovensko". MAFRA Slovakia. 3 June 2019. ISSN 1336-1996. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  7. "Juraj Šeliga: Námestia nie sú čarovný prútik, ktorý zmení krajinu". Petit Press. 22 June 2018. ISSN 1335-4418. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  8. "Šeliga ide ku Kiskovi: Nechcem byť marketingový ťah" (in Slovak). .týždeň. 8 June 2019.
  9. "Ochotní a schopní" (in Slovak). za-ludi.sk.
  10. "Definitívne výsledky hlasovania". Štatistický úrad Slovenskej republiky.
  11. "Podpredsedovia : Mgr. Juraj Šeliga, podpredseda NR SR - Národná rada Slovenskej republiky". www.nrsr.sk.
  12. Kern, Miro (5 May 2021). "Šeliga pre porušenie zákazu vychádzania končí ako podpredseda parlamentu". Denník N (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  13. TA3, TA3 COM | TELEVÍZIA. "Kotleba si odmietol dať v televízii rúško, Šeliga podáva podnet". TA3 (in Slovak). Retrieved 21 April 2023.
  14. "Juraj Šeliga a Jana Žitňanská odchádzajú zo". N Press. 3 April 2023. ISSN 1339-844X. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  15. "K Demokratom sa pridávajú Šeliga a Žitňanská. Keby sa všetci dobrí stiahli, zostali by len zlí, vysvetlil Šeliga". N Press. 21 April 2023. ISSN 1339-844X. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
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